LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY FOR HUMAN-WILDLIFE COEXISTENCE

Who I am

Hello! My name is Jeff Haight (he/him) and I am an ecologist and conservation scientist broadly interested in studying how to fairly and effectively sustain diverse wildlife communities across the landscapes where people live, work, and play, with particular focus on human-wildlife coexistence in the face of both urbanization and climate change. I am currently working as a postdoctoral researcher at Oregon State University, with the USGS Oregon Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. Much of our current work deals with structured decision making for the Klamath River Basin of Northern California and Southern Oregon, where we are working closely with federal, state, tribal, and private partners across the Basin to collaboratively develop and implement ecological models that help practitioners to assess the efficacy of potential actions to manage and sustain endangered and culturally significant fish and wildlife populations through uncertain futures.

I am also continuing the research that I began as a graduate student and postdoc working with colleagues at the Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research (CAP LTER) program and the Urban Wildlife Information Network. Across these various past and ongoing projects, I have sought to quantify how the changing ecological and social characteristics of urbanized landscapes influence wildlife community dynamics and, subsequently, shape interactions between people and urban biodiversity across a range of spatiotemporal scales.

Originally from the East Bay Area, California (centered around Richmond), I am a proud former community college student and instructor with a passion for advancing ecological education and environmental justice in my communities. When I'm not busy with the science, I enjoy going for a good hike, playing music with friends, cooking, taking pictures, and finding good stream to sit in.

Education

PhD in Environmental Life Sciences
Arizona State University
Advisors: Dr. Sharon Hall and Dr. Jesse Lewis 

MSc in Ecology
Utah State University
Advisor: Dr. Edd Hammill

BSc in Environmental Science & Managemetn
University of California, Davis

AA in Liberal Arts; AA in Economics
Contra Costa College

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